WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS

U.S. prepared to use force in Iran

Despite decision to pursue diplomatic deal and not strike Syria

Published: 09/15/2013 at 12:41 PM

(WASHINGTONPOST) — President Obama declared that the United States is still prepared to act militarily to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons despite the decision to pursue a diplomatic deal and not strike Syria over its alleged use of chemical weapons.

He also acknowledged that his approach to the Syria crisis has been uneven, but defended it as producing the right results.

Obama spoke in an interview broadcast Sunday on ABC’s “This Week With George Stephanopoulos,” taped Friday before the United States and Russia agreed on a plan to bring Syrian chemical weapons under international control in order to avoid military strikes.